Sydney

Okay, folks. I’m off to Sydney, won’t be taking laptop or indeed any­thing but my outfit for Inquis­i­tion! Sydney folks: see you real soon now! Mel­bourne folks: I’m back Sunday after­noon for the Trans­mis­sion screenings.

Interview with a stranger…

From onei­ota who I only know through zara­bee’s LJ, really, but who seems to be a smart and funky thing: 1) What is the most import­ant insight you have ever gained from a romantic/sexual part­ner, and how did it affect your world-view?  That...

Huffington Post Blog

Now this is fascinating. We’ve had the occa­sional celebrity blog­ger. Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z Brite, Warren Ellis, Wil­liam Gibson. But the Huff­ing­ton Post’s Arianna Huff­ing­ton has come up with a slightly dif­fer­ent idea. With her access to the famous and...

Perfect timing

From gypsyam­ber just as I was think­ing “I’m bored and grumpy”: 1. What edu­ca­tion system (monte­sori, steiner, public, private, homeschool­ing etc) would you choose for your child and why? Great ques­tion. None of the above, but unfor­tu­nately the system...

Lessons for today

1. Always, always, always get agree­ments about pay­ment in writ­ing. Make abso­lutely cer­tain said agree­ments include what will occur in the case of OVERTIME. 2. Make very cer­tain every body in the deal knows whether the fig­ures being ban­died about include or...